All right, all right, all right. The ghost of Dazed of Confused past has returned in the form of a David Wooderson quote emblazoned on a shirt worn by Matthew McConaughey, the man who played the mustachioed wild-child character 21 years ago.

McConaughey, mingling during the Austin City Limits Music Festival inside the Samsung Galaxy Artists Lounge over the weekend, wore a grey short-sleeve top featuring the memorable quote in all capital letters: "I GET OLDER, THEY STAY THE SAME AGE."

The line about female freshmen is from 1993's Dazed and Confused, the classic film that launched McConaughey's career. You can watch him deliver the line, below:

McConaughey's Wooderson character had a resurgence in popularity this year as the actor, giving acceptance speeches along the awards-show circuit for his Dallas Buyers Club role, kept uttering "all right, all right, all right" — another quote from Dazed and Confused.

Dazed and Confused was McConaughey's first film role, and the 44-year-old weaved the quote into his Academy Awards speech in March when he won Best Actor.

His love for Dazed and Confused continued that night backstage at the Oscars, where he emphasized the impact the film had on his life:

"And I'm standing here now. It's something that I got to ‑‑ I got a prize for excellence for the work I do in something that's not my job, it's not my hobby and it's not my fad; it's my career. That feels wonderful. And I didn't say it to my ‑‑ it's a very special thing that happened. 1992 I was one week into working on my first job, Dazed and Confused, my father moved on six days into working on my job. Now in hindsight I've looked back, he got to be alive for me doing the one thing that was not my fad, hobby or job, we didn't know it then, but it turned out to be my career, and that's why I was actually ‑‑ he came to my mind tonight in speaking about him. It feels wonderful. Yeah. It feels wonderful."

Odd and Inspiring Oscars Quotes Overheard Backstage

1. An orgy with Jared Leto and his Oscar?

"Does anybody want to try [the Oscar statuette] out for size? You can. If anybody wants to fondle. Here. Pass it around, but if you have swine flu, please don't touch. I think this is the first, the first person to ever give their Oscar away for an orgy in the press room. My God. Anyway. So, sorry." ~ Jared Leto, winner of Best Supporting Actor for Dallas Buyers Club

Image: Jordan Strauss/Associated Press

2. Lupita Nyong’o and the Chocolate Factory

"I feel like Willy Wonka in the chocolate factory." ~ Lupita Nyong’o, winner of Best Supporting Actress for 12 Years a Slave

Image: Chris Pizzello/Associated Press

3. Say what, Cate Blanchett?

"Don't you f_cking forget it." Cate Blanchett, winner of Best Actress winner for Blue Jasmine, after a reporter told her she's the first Australian actor or actress ever to win two Oscars.

Image: Jordan Strauss/Associated Press

4. A crappy day for Brad Pitt

"I had to clean up dog poop today ... in my bedroom." ~ Brad Pitt, producer of 12 Years a Slave, when asked how he calmed his nerves and prepared for the Oscars.

Image: Matt Sayles/Associated Press

5. Saving lives one song at a time

"But every single day on my Facebook or on my Twitter, I get some kind of testimonial from somebody who says this song kept me from committing suicide, or this song got me through the cancer treatment for my kids, and that is just so meaningful to us that our song can go and give hugs to people like that." ~ songwriter Kristen Anderson-Lopez of Frozen's "Let It Go"

Image: John Shearer/Associated Press

6. You might as well jump!

"I'm as cool as a cucumber right now. Absolutely. You saw the jump, of course. I mean everyone's talking about the jump, but it's just really truly ‑‑ I was just so ecstatic, so happy for us all. And, you know, it's one of those moments in life where, you know, is he ‑‑ it might not ever happen again, and you're living it, and you're there. It's not a dream. It's a reality. So emotions, physicality just takes over. So, you know, Van Halen: Jump." ~ Steve McQueen, director of 12 Years a Slave

Image: John Shearer/Associated Press

7. The YouTubes

"Just like everybody else, we watched all the YouTubes. We still do. And then to watch the songs, it was sort of a slow climb up, especially with the soundtrack, and it just took over. And that song, 'Let It Go, became sort of anthem for people. So for us it's ‑‑ you know, we love the song, but the fact that the world suddenly could take it and make it their own, it's unbelievable." Peter Del Vecho, producer of Frozen

Image: Jordan Strauss/Associated Press

8. On Dad and 'Dazed and Confused'

"And I'm standing here now. It's something that I got to ‑‑ I got a prize for excellence for the work I do in something that's not my job, it's not my hobby and it's not my fad; it's my career. That feels wonderful. And I didn't say it to my ‑‑ it's a very special thing that happened. 1992 I was one week into working on my first job, Dazed and Confused, my father moved on six days into working on my job. Now in hindsight I've looked back, he got to be alive for me doing the one thing that was not my fad, hobby or job, we didn't know it then, but it turned out to be my career, and that's why I was actually ‑‑ he came to my mind tonight in speaking about him. It feels wonderful. Yeah. It feels wonderful." ~ Matthew McConaughey winner of Best Actor for Dallas Buyers Club

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